A collection of buildings at Greenwich in south east London was ... the open spaces were rapidly filled in in the mid-19th century. The map shows the recently completed Great Surrey Canal ...

1884: __Geographers and astronomers adopt Greenwich as the Prime Meridian, the international standard for zero degrees longitude. The late 19th century ... preference. Maps might be based on ...

The Greenwich Village Society for Historical ... the 21,000 in OldNYC, the images here range from 19th century drawings to images of lost buildings, to places preserved thanks to the New York ...

The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has a breathtaking online gallery of 19th Century maps drawn by children, most of whom were young women. The quality is astonishing, making even my best ...

A bandstand in Greenwich dating back to the 19th century is set to be renovated to prevent people being injured by rotting wood and its cracked roof. Greenwich Council has received plans to ...